Any sparring tips for a 1st time ITF Tourny competitor?

[Croy]

i'll be attending my first TKD tourny on November 6, i been training my butt off the past several weeks and am looking for a few good workouts/excersises and/or tips that might help me out. from what i understand, matches will consist of 1 two minute round, single elimination, 2pts for kick to the head, 1pt for kick to the body and 1 pt for punch to head/body.

 

tnx for any info

[tufrthanu]

Don't get hit.

[Kicks]

First, know the rules and use them to your advantage. Review ALL the competition rules posted at http://www.tkd-itf.org/TechnicalTournament.htm

 

The point scoring is at:

 

http://www.tkd-itf.org/TechnicalTournament3.htm

 

which states:

 

Article 34. POINT AWARDS

 

a.One (1) point will be awarded for:

 

Hand attack directed to mid or high section.

 

Hand attack while in air (both feet must be off the ground) directed to mid section.

 

Foot attack directed to mid section.

 

b.Two (2) points will be awarded for:

 

Foot attack directed to high section.

 

Hand attack while in air (both feet must be off the ground) directed to high section.

 

Jumping or flying kick directed to mid section.

 

c.Three (3) points will be awarded for:

 

Jumping or flying kick directed to high section.

[Shorinryu Sensei]

First, know the rules and use them to your advantage. Review ALL the competition rules posted at http://www.tkd-itf.org/TechnicalTournament.htm

 

The point scoring is at:

 

http://www.tkd-itf.org/TechnicalTournament3.htm

 

which states:

 

Article 34. POINT AWARDS

 

a.One (1) point will be awarded for:

 

Hand attack directed to mid or high section.

 

Hand attack while in air (both feet must be off the ground) directed to mid section.

 

Foot attack directed to mid section.

 

b.Two (2) points will be awarded for:

 

Foot attack directed to high section.

 

Hand attack while in air (both feet must be off the ground) directed to high section.

 

Jumping or flying kick directed to mid section.

 

c.Three (3) points will be awarded for:

 

Jumping or flying kick directed to high section.

 

\I'll apoligize beforehand, but this seems absolutly stupid.

Hand attack while in air (both feet must be off the ground) directed to mid sectionHand attack while in air (both feet must be off the ground) directed to mid section

 

A hand attack at the midsection while both feet are off the ground? How the heck do you do that??? If both feet are in the air, aren't you jumping? And if jumping, how are you hand attacking your opponents midsection?

[tufrthanu]

A flying punch to a forward shoulder roll might give you that area.

[manuelito]

croy,

 

i am surprised that you need tips on this subject, considering that you are in a ctf school. traditionally ctf schools are very sparring oriented. who is your instructor? and is your first tournament going to be the ctf nationals? anyway the best tip i can give you is don't get hit. point sparring is usually a counter attacking game. try and be a little more on the defensive side. good luck

[Croy]

yeah, we are defenitely sparring oriented, at least 20mins a day. I have a friend who won nationals a few years back so i also go to him for advice, he was telling me that the whole sparring environment is different when your fighting for "keeps". my instuctor never announces or advertises any tournaments, so just recently i made contact with another instructor who is now sending me the flyers. i know 1st degree isn't exactly the best time to start tournys, but ya gotta start somewhere. and i believe nationals are in march in philadelphia this year aren't they? i'll be there for sure, i just want some tourny experience before hand

[Kicks]

point sparring is usually a counter attacking game.

 

I'm not a point sparrer (spl?), but I always thought that the advantage went to the first hit, so it was better to be a quick attacker, not counter attacker. One of my friends has a daughter who excells in her point sparring school and he tells me that the style enforces the 'sucker punch' or kick.

 

Any discussion on this?

[Croy]

yeah, from what i've seen, seems like the backhand and the defensive sidekick seem to be the "quick points". ayone that fights real offensive have any favorite "blitz combos"?

[okc_deputy16]

All that you need to know is that a side kick and a backfist will win everytime it's not about how good your spin kicks are or how fast you may be. In point sparring stick to the basics it will win everytime.